This work presents a detailed account of Freud's views on the subject of religious belief. Stressing its unconscious and primitive aspects, Freud draws parallels between religion and the mental life of primitive societies, children and neurotics.

Two books by the father of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud, with Moses and Monotheism building on the theme of chapter 4 in Totem and Taboo .. the 'primal horde' theory is worth the time and opened up whole new avenues of thought for me, though there a

Two books by the father of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud, with Moses and Monotheism building on the theme of chapter 4 in Totem and Taboo .. the 'primal horde' theory is worth the time and opened up whole new avenues of thought for me, though there are serious questions about a lot of the projected sexual fantasies he presents in the first 3 chapters; only read M&M if you can handle your religion shaken and stirred and replaced with murderously neurotic ancestors ..